Receipt for Dike Work
Receipt for dike work done by Heras, son of Sarapion; on the back there is a short account with amounts of grain
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 55397
Grain account for sown and unflooded private land TM 55397Karanis (Arsinoites)345 CE – 346 CE
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A short grain account on the back of a receipt for dike work from Karanis, AD 345/346. It lists private land that was sown and land left unsown and unflooded, with the artabas due on each, and a total of 28 artabas including a shortfall.
In English machine translation
Of private land, sown: 8 1/2 1/8 arouras, 11 1/2 artabas
Of private land, unsown and unflooded: 16 1/2 arouras, 16 1/2 artabas,
total together with the shortfall: 28 artabas.
"Unflooded" (abrochos) land did not receive the Nile inundation and could not be cultivated normally. The two entries add up to 28 artabas, so the figure of 28 already includes the shortfall (endeema) mentioned in the total.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Dike Work). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.col.7.166v
ἰδιωτικῆς σπορίμης ἀρουρῶν η 𐅸 η ἀρταβῶν ια 𐅵 ἰδιωτικῆς ἀσπόρου καὶ ἀβρόχου ἀρουρῶν ιϛ 𐅵 ἀρταβῶν ιϛ 𐅵, γίνονται ὁμοῦ σὺν ἐνδεήματι ἀρτάβαι κη.